The Plenary Speaker for CITA’25 is Prof. Ts. Dr. Ali bin Selamat, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Affairs and Alumni) at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). He also serves as the Head of the Computing and Artificial Intelligence Cluster at Akademi Profesor Malaysia. A highly respected academic, Prof. Ts. Dr. Ali possesses extensive expertise in artificial intelligence, machine learning, software engineering, information retrieval, pattern recognition, neural networks, soft computing, computational collective intelligence, strategic management, key performance indicators and knowledge management. To date, he has published over 400 research papers, achieving an H-index of 85 and accumulating more than 23,000 citations in the Web of Science. In recognition of his impactful scholarship, he was listed among the World’s Top 2% Scientists in the 2023 single-year impact category by Stanford University in collaboration with Elsevier. Prof. Ts. Dr. Ali has also played a leading role in national academic initiatives, including his previous appointment as Deputy Head of the Science, Technology & Innovation Cluster (Computing & Innovation) under the Ministry of Higher Education. He previously served on the editorial board of Knowledge-Based Systems (Elsevier) and was Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Malaysia.